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Illinois House race, District 8

Raja Krishnamoorthi holds this seat but is not on the November ballot. Melissa Bean and Jennifer Davis are competing for it.

The November ballot

Bean
$2.1M
Davis
$1.5M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Democrat · Holds the seat now

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How to vote in Illinois

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 28 days before (16 days if online), or same-day through Election Day in person.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 70,518 votes

  • Melissa BeanWon31.6%22,279
  • Junaid Ahmed26.9%18,954
  • Dan Tully12.6%8,906
  • Yasmeen Bankole9.6%6,752
  • Kevin Morrison9%6,377

3 more candidates on the full canvass.

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$15M
Outside money
$6.4M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Bean$5.5M
Opposing Bean$60K
Supporting Davis-
Opposing Davis-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

1%$26KSmall donors$31K2%
69%$1.4MLarge donors$431K29%
13%$276KPACs$14K<1%
16%$323KSelf-funding$1M68%
1%$21KOther--

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 14 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 14 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

12 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
747K
Median household income
$100K
Unemployment
4.5%
Living below the poverty line
7.4%
Without health insurance
7.9%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

D+14 in 2024

  • Raja KrishnamoorthiWon57.1%
  • Mark Rice42.9%

303,073 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.